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by adnam 15y ago
There's been a steady stream of "burnout" trip-reports, and without trying to sound condescending, most of them sound like luxury. Almost all "how to avoid burnout" advice is based on the assumption that YOU are fundamentally in control. I
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by adnam 15y ago
Spain fingerprints it's entire population as part of the process of getting an ID card ("DNI").
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Black-box recorders exist that store data onto an SD card in a constant loop. History depends on the available capacity - around 1 day for a 16GB card. When an accident-event is detected (sudden acceleration or deceleration) the device perm
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by adnam 15y ago
You could conceivably use the data to protect yourself against false claims in the event of an accident ("he was going too fast when I pulled out").
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by adnam 15y ago
Subtle. I'm sure that many Chinese Internet users are saying: "thank you for shutting off access to this website I want to access, and providing me with this useful and interesting information, in a totally non-patronizing way".
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by adnam 15y ago
Ahhhhh HN; anti-apple comments: down-voted, karma-whoring: upvoted.
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by adnam 15y ago
Good choice. Welcome :)
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by adnam 15y ago
Top comment is prize-worthy: Elijah Madden: I hope there's a fixed-width version so I can use it for coding.
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by adnam 15y ago
From Wikipedia: striking just below the knee cap with a tendon hammer produces a signal which travels back to the spinal cord and synapses (without interneurons) at the level of L4 in the spinal cord, completely independent of higher centr
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by adnam 15y ago
Hyperbole. OK, I agree, Apple has move humanity forward. But by mere millimeters compared to Alexander Flemming's mile.
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by adnam 15y ago
>> Apple has moved humanity forward Twaddle.
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Cheap stunt
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Cliche.
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by adnam 15y ago
Brilliant! Reminds me of people saying "at the end of the day", such as in this medley from a UK chat-show (put to music): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlVonUdl3Ag
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by adnam 15y ago
Any interest in a Barcelona meetup?
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Slow news day
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Something to rival Facebook that puts more control into the hands of users. The "wordpress"/blogging phenomenon came shortly after low-cost hosting. Now VPSs are where web hosts were 10 years ago.
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I sense real anger in this RFS, which is uncharacteristic for pg.
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I'm a big fan of siestas. I even put my pyjamas on to nap.
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Gosh, so true! I am the 3% :)
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A public accusation requires no due process. If the named student wants legal redress, let him sue for defamation.
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by adnam 15y ago
I disagree: the embarrassment of being publicly outed is entirely justified for a plagiarist. It's not a lynching if you tied your own noose!
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by adnam 15y ago
I enjoyed "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" by David Graeber, an anthropoligical look at the history of money, morality and the nature of debt.
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The Raspberry Pi you’ll be buying in January(raspberrypi.org)
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by adnam 15y ago
In your previous comment you essentially said: "I just don't believe the US government wants to shut down Reddit, Wikipedia, YouTube, and all of the other major sites". Aside from avoiding the main issue, that's hardly a "defence". It's jus
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by adnam 15y ago
Actually, I think this is exactly what happened to me!
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by adnam 15y ago
I used to be able to "flag" posts on HN, but a few weeks ago that right appears to have been revoked. No idea what I may have done wrong; perhaps I'm a "troll" and I don't know it?
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Drivel.
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by adnam 15y ago
> USA is only 4% of the population, but represents 50% of the economy of the world. According to the IMF, US GDP is actually about 23% of world GDP.
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This even applies within Europe, for example most British people can't donate blood in Spain.

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